Example sentences for: barrows

How can you use “barrows” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Bald Pates is almost self-explanatory, being a name used in Kent rural areas for silver Roman coinage ploughed up, found in barrows, etc., and possibly referring to the poor design or baldness of the effigy on some of the coins.

  • In my own county, Kent, Borrow Pence is an old word for ancient coins, probably those found in barrows or tumuli, another being Hegs Pence, a third being Dwarf's Money , though the last was more frequently used in the coastal ares.

  • To the north and west are the ancient sites of Ireland: Malahide Castle, the evocative hill of Tara, and the long barrows of Knowth and Newgrange.


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